Sleep, Nutrition, and the Mind | Dr. Ann Childers - E423

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Medicine, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Ann Childers is a pioneering psychiatrist who bridges the gap between brain health and metabolic health. As one of the earliest clinicians to integrate nutritional and lifestyle strategies into psychiatric care, she has helped reshape how mental health is understood and treated. Dr. Childers is known for her evidence-driven approach, showing how diet, sleep, and metabolic function profoundly influence mood, cognition, and overall well-being.

In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Ann talk about…

(00:00) Intro
(02:08) Dystonia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS), and metabolic health
(08:06) How Dr. Ann's stroke changed her life and led her to keto
(10:30) How keto impacts mental health and mood
(23:56) How low iron can have huge mental health consequences
(31:13) Iron deficiency and sleep issues
(34:35) The wisdom in traditional ways of eating
(39:27) The psychiatric benefits of avoiding the 'foods of society'
(40:27) CGMs
(47:34) Inflammation and diet
(51:59) Modern food and metabolic health
(53:24) Outro

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Low Carb MD Podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope.
0:07.2	Nothing said on the Low Carb MD podcast is medical advice. Please consult your own doctor before making any
0:13.7	lifestyle changes. Hello and welcome back to the low-carb MD podcast.
0:23.6	Trow has patient emergency, so he's going to join us shortly, but we have a great guest that I'm excited about.
0:29.4	I've had the pleasure of seeing her speak and seeing a lot of her work.
0:32.9	And, man, the scariest area of medicine, children, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. Dr. Ann Childers,
0:41.3	welcome. Welcome. Great to have you. Thank you so much, Brian. It is a pleasure to be here.
0:46.7	I've been looking forward to this. Yeah, most people try to avoid us, so we're glad you jumped into
0:52.1	the Lionsden here. No, no, it's great. I can't imagine that. It's great to have you. I used to like us, so we're glad you jumped into the lines down here. No, it's great.
0:54.8	I can't imagine that.
0:55.8	It's great to have you.
0:57.1	I used to like you until I heard you're retired and you're enjoying life and doing voice lessons and doing things you enjoy.
1:02.5	That's kind of cool.
1:03.4	Oh, yeah.
1:04.1	I know.
1:04.9	But I'm also, oh, should I say this?
1:10.7	Okay. I'm kind of working on a book. Oh, great. Yeah. Well, we'll have you back and talk about it when it's time to release. Awesome.
1:19.7	You bet you. Yeah. So I hope it gets off the ground and I've got a lot of good ideas, but it's basically a compilation of everything that I've learned
1:29.7	throughout my practice.
1:31.7	Oh, that's great.
1:32.8	Such wisdom of the years.
1:35.2	Yeah.
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